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An ANPR equipped road policing unit pictured in 2013. GMP also operates a Road Policing Unit (RPU) responsible for all traffic policing in the county, which includes over 280 miles (450 km) of motorway. In 2009, the RPU's were divided into three strategic units, based at RPU 1 Leigh, RPU 2 Hyde & RPU 3 Chadderton.
RPUs work with the National Police Chiefs' Council roads policing strategy, Policing our Roads Together, [1] which has five strands: Casualty reduction. Counter-terrorism. Reducing anti-social use of the roads. Denying criminals the use of the roads. Public reassurance by high visibility patrolling of the road network.
When a police officer or a member of staff is in a collaborative (multi-constabulary) unit or department (such as the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit), the PNC code, which is a force identification number, is added to the collar number to prevent confusion between officers; e.g., 41-9999 would indicate a ...
In December 2002 he joined Greater Manchester Police from the West Midlands Police as Assistant Chief Constable and became Deputy Chief Constable. [1] He assumed the role of Acting Chief Constable for GMP after the death of Michael J. Todd, the chief constable who died in Snowdonia on 11 March 2008. [2]
Todd grew up in Essex where he attended the Billericay School and later attended the University of Essex. [2] He graduated with a first class honours degree in government in 1989 and a master's degree in politics in 1994. [3] [4] The university named him the alumnus of the year in 2003 for his contributions to policing and the community. [5]
A division was the usual term for the largest territorial subdivision of most British police forces. In major reforms of police organisation in the 1990s divisions of many forces were restructured and retitled Basic Command Units (BCUs), although as of 2009 [update] some forces continue to refer to them as divisions.
Police Interceptors - series broadcast on Channel 5 with a similar format. Brit Cops - police documentary series originally on Bravo and now on Sky Livingit. Road Wars - programme broadcast on Sky1, Sky2, and Pick TV which is about Road Traffic Police. Street Wars - programme broadcast on Sky about police officers "on the beat".
The main responsibility of the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau (GNRPB) is to improve road safety and reduce the incidence of fatal and serious injury on Ireland's roads. [5] Each Division of the Garda Síochána now has a Roads Policing Unit of its own, [6] with an additional regional unit assigned to the Dublin Metropolitan Region.